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Hanguana

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Hanguana is a genus of flowering plants with a dozen known species. It is the only genus in the family Hanguanaceae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderCommelinales
  5. FamilyHanguanaceae
Observations recorded1,267

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
28
With media
27
Family
Hanguanaceae
Collections
MO, A, MEL, US, SRP, UCONN
Recorded in
Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia/Sabah, Malaysia/Sarawak, Vietnam

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Hanguanaceae
Image
Fruiting Hanguana rubinea in Singapore, August 2023.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Hanguana
Commons category
Hanguana
topic's main category
Category:Hanguana
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Encyclopedic overview

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Hanguana is a genus of flowering plants with a dozen known species. It is the only genus in the family Hanguanaceae.

The APG IV system of 2016 recognizes such a family and places it in the order Commelinales, in the clade commelinids, in the monocots (unchanged from the APG III system of 2009 and the APG II system of 2003. This represents a slight change from the APG system, of 1998, which left Hanguanaceae unplaced as to order, but assigned it to these same clades (although it used the name commelinoids). The family consists of only very few species of perennial, tropical plants in Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Micronesia, and northern Australia.

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